2015–16 Montenegrin First League

The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League was the tenth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016. Rudar are the defending champions.

Montenegrin First League
Season2015–16
Dates8 August 2015 – 29 May 2016
ChampionsMladost
1st title
RelegatedMornar
Champions LeagueMladost
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Rudar
Bokelj
Matches played186
Goals scored432 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerMarko Šćepanović (19 goals)
Biggest home winMladost 5–0 Iskra
(9 March 2016)
Biggest away winMornar 1–5 Zeta
(26 August 2015)
Iskra 0–4 Budućnost
(22 August 2015)
Iskra 0–4 Sutjeska
(28 November 2015)
Sutjeska 0–4 Budućnost
(9 March 2016)
Petrovac 0–4 Sutjeska
(23 April 2016)
Highest scoringPetrovac 5–3 Zeta
(26 October 2015)
Longest winning run9 games
Mladost
Budućnost
Longest unbeaten run8 games
Rudar
Longest losing run7 games
Mornar
All statistics correct as of 1 October 2015.

Teams

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FK Iskra Danilovgrad, the 2014-15 Second League champion, got promoted to the top level for the first time. FK Dečić won 7–1 on aggregate against two-times Montenegrin champion FK Mogren in the promotion play-offs, and returns to the First League after just one year of absence.

Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2015–16 Montenegrin First League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Bokelj Kotor Stadion pod Vrmcem 5,000   Slobodan Drašković
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion pod Goricom 15,230   Miodrag Vukotić
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 3,000   Fuad Krkanović
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500   Dragoljub Đuretić
Iskra Danilovgrad Stadion Braće Velašević 2,000   Milija Savović
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 5,000   Milorad Malovrazić
Mladost Podgorica Stadion FK Mladost 2,000   Nikola Rakojević
Mornar Bar Stadion Topolica 2,500   Zoran Mijović
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion pod Malim brdom 1,630   Ivan Brnović
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 10,000   Vuko Bogavac
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 6,180   Aleksandar Nedović
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 5,000   Dejan Vukićević

Source: Scoresway

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mladost (C) 33 21 4 8 53 28 +25 67 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 19 6 8 48 21 +27 63 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Rudar 33 16 10 7 39 26 +13 58
4 Bokelj 33 17 5 11 43 28 +15 56
5 Sutjeska 33 15 9 9 46 31 +15 54
6 Dečić 33 11 6 16 38 49 −11 39
7 Grbalj 33 11 5 17 38 49 −11 38[b]
8 Zeta 33 10 8 15 37 42 −5 38[b]
9 Lovćen 33 9 9 15 32 42 −10 36
10 Iskra (O) 33 7 13 13 29 51 −22 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Petrovac (O) 33 8 9 16 33 51 −18 33[c]
12 Mornar (R) 33 9 6 18 30 48 −18 33[c] Relegation to the Second League
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rudar qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup.
  2. ^ a b Grbalj ahead of Zeta on head-to-head record; Grbalj–Zeta 4–1, Zeta–Grbalj 1–2, Grbalj–Zeta 1–2.
  3. ^ a b Petrovac ahead of Mornar on head-to-head record; Petrovac–Mornar 2–1, Mornar–Petrovac 1–1, Mornar–Petrovac 0–0.

Results

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The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 games. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round

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Home \ Away BOK BUD DEČ GRB ISK LOV MLA MOR PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Budućnost 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1
Dečić 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–1
Grbalj 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 4–1
Iskra 0–0 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–0
Lovćen 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2
Mladost 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–3 2–0
Mornar 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–5
Petrovac 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–4 5–3
Rudar 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 4–1 1–0
Sutjeska 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
Zeta 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd
1 – 12
2 – 11
3 – 10
4 – 9
5 – 8
6 – 7
1 – 2
8 – 6
9 – 5
10 – 4
11 – 3
12 – 7
2 – 12
3 – 1
4 – 11
5 – 10
6 – 9
7 – 8
1 – 4
2 – 3
9 – 7
10 – 6
11 – 5
12 – 8
3 – 12
4 – 2
5 – 1
6 – 11
7 – 10
8 – 9
1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
10 – 8
11 – 7
12 – 9
4 – 12
5 – 3
6 – 2
7 – 1
8 – 11
9 – 10
1 – 8
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 5
11 – 9
12 – 10
5 – 12
6 – 4
7 – 3
8 – 2
9 – 1
10 – 11
1 – 10
2 – 9
3 – 8
4 – 7
5 – 6
12 – 11
6 – 12
7 – 5
8 – 4
9 – 3
10 – 2
11 – 1
Home \ Away BOK BUD DEČ GRB ISK LOV MLA MOR PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2
Budućnost 4–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–0
Dečić 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1
Grbalj 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2
Iskra 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1
Lovćen 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1
Mladost 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–0
Mornar 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2
Petrovac 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Rudar 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1
Sutjeska 0–4 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Zeta 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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The 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 11th-placed team (against the runners-up of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bratstvo 2–8 Iskra 2–2 0–6
Cetinje 0–1 Petrovac 0–0 0–1

Matches

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Bratstvo2–2Iskra
  • Popović   58', 65'
  • Kljajić   55' (o.g.)
  • Novović   60'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Milovan Milačić
Iskra6–0Bratstvo
Attendance: 700
Referee: Milovan Milačić

Iskra won 8–2 on aggregate.


Cetinje0–0Petrovac
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Miloš Savović
Petrovac1–0Cetinje
  • Woo Sang-Hoon   53'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Miloš Savović

Petrovac won 1–0 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

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The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy.

Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1   Marko Šćepanović Mladost 19
2   Darko Bjedov Zeta 18
3   Dejan Zarubica Sutjeska 16
4   Boris Kopitović Petrovac 13
5   Šaleta Kordić Sutjeska 11
6   Darko Nikač Budućnost 10
7   Pjeter Ljuljđuraj Dečić 9
8   Dejan Đenić Bokelj 8
  Ivan Marković Rudar
  Miloš Nikezić Bokelj
  Blažo Perutović Lovćen
  Petar Vukčević Grbalj

References

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  1. ^ "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Montenegro » 1. CFL 2015/2016 » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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